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Date de parution
01 septembre 2021
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0
EAN13
9781783881765
Langue
English
Publié par
Date de parution
01 septembre 2021
Nombre de lectures
0
EAN13
9781783881765
Langue
English
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CONTENTS
What is glass?
4
Using glass
6
Where does glass come from?
8
Making glass
10
Shaping glass
12
Glass-blowing
14
Making glass safe
16
Building with glass
18
Recycling glass
20
Glass fact file
22
Glossary
23
Further information
24
Index
24
4
WHAT IS GLASS?
Glass is a hard, see-through material . We look through glass windows to
see the world outside. Glass is used in TV and computer screens, oven doors
and the glasses we wear to help us see better.
